with all of the fun i have had over the winter building and testing prototype recurve limbs, i have not made much time to finish some bows that i have been working on for quite some time. this one is for my brother-in-law's birthday. it is still far from finished but should give an idea of what it will look like. i still have to shape the tips as well as the limb butts and blend everything together. the riser has one coat of gloss on it just to seal it so i still have a ton of finish work ahead of me. the spliced veneers on this bow are the same ones that will be on the metal riser's "purdy" limbs. the bow is completely tillered and shoots really nice. my brother-in-law has a long draw length so i had to use different tapers than i usually do to keep these short limbs from stacking for him. anyway, i hope you enjoy the pics.
gino

 

 

Awesome bow! re-size your pix bud...

thanks! re-sized.

How'd you get aluminum to look like that? LOL It is a beauty and those words fall short.

Dude!!!!  Love those limb veneers!!!

Hey can I be your Brother inlaw? LOL  Great looking bow. as always.<><

OK, let's see how many one word descriptions we can come up with for this one. I'll start:

Dang I cant even make a paper plane

Very impressive....lucky brother in law ya got there.

Shapeshifter, you just keep getting better and better. Awsome work ......CHORT  

I like the limb detail you did. Nice work, you dont see much limb work done like that.

nice

That bow sure is beautif beautif beautif purty! Makes me stutter just lookin at it much less trying to find words to describe it. Got any more sisters? Sorry, I lost control for a second. I'm already married. WOW! That's a nice bow. Excellent work shapeshifter.

Wow! Beautiful bow! Do you have another sister? I'll volunteer to marry her if you can make me a bow like that! LOL Just kidding above there. You are an artist! Your brother in law is fortunate to get a bow that pretty.

Simply put........"Stunning"

that is a piece of art. absolutely beautiful

lookin good, wow!!!

That looks great!

PLEASE, how about a limb veneer build along?

Gino, awesome as always, would you be willing to share how you did your limb veneers,I'd like to try that..................Steve

Very nice.    

How many sisters ya got?      

Nice looking bow!

Stan

Looks like snakewood and zebrawood to me. Is that correct. They sure go nice together. Awesome looking bow and I love how you spliced them.

Donald